Spectacle frame



Feb. 15, 1938.

'M. H. HARRIS SPECTACLE FRAME Filed Jan. 15, 1936 INVENTOIZ. M0385 H. Hoff/5 ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 15, 1938 I I i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I sPEc'li zz l kAME E. Harris, New York, N. Y. Application .llaigaaril. 1 1) No. 59,208

This invention relates to spectacle frames and desirable shape, some of the prevailing shapes has for one of its objects to provide such a frame being shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and they may be having non-metallic rims, the said rims being made of celluloid or any other non-metallic masupported upon a unitary metal frame compristerial commonly used for this purpose. The

5 ing .a central bridge or nose piece and a pair of front of the said rims is provided with grooves 5- rlngs, loops orbands, the said bands being forced or depressions ii, the depth and width of the into the rims and flush with their front surfaces. said grooves depending upon the thickness and Another object of the invention is to provide a width of, the rims l0. Each of the grooves is unitary metal frame comprising a pair of. loops adapted to receive a band or loop i2, the said connected by a central bridge adapted to be bands being connected by a nose piece or bridge l0v forced into non-metallic spectacle rims which i3. The bridge and bands form a decorative will reinforce the said rims and also enhance and reinforcing unitary frame I4 which, if detheir appearance. sirable, may be provided with extensions IS, A further object of the invention is to provide through which the securing pins l6 of the bow means on the said frame and rims for properly hinges I! pass. 15

. locating the ear bows with respect to'the bridge. The loops II are forced into the grooves ii so Another object is to produce a device of the that the outer surfaces of the rims and loops character described in which the maximum simare flush, the bridge l3 being bent outwardly plicity of construction and operation is secured. to clear the rims as shown in Fig. 2. If desir- Other objects and advantages will appear as able, the loops l2 may have pins l8 soldered or 20 the nature of the improvements is better underotherwise secured to their rear surfaces, the said stood, the invention consisting substantially in pins passing through holes i9 provided for that the-novel arrangement and co-relation ofparts purpose in the rims II. The said pins not only herein fully described and illustrated in the tend to secure the metal loops l2 in the rims Ii,

accompanying drawing, wherein similar referbut they also locate the bridge l3 in proper rela- 25 ence characters are used to describe correspondtion to the bows, especially so when circular rims ing parts throughout the several views, and then are used as in Fig. 5 where the said rims are apt finally pointed out and specificallydeflned and to have rotary movement with respect to the indicated in the appended claim. metal loops i2.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying In Fig. 4, the loops l2 are octagonal in shape the present inventive concept suggests a practo correspond to the shape of the rims i0 and tical embodiment thereof, but the invention is may each be provided with flattened portions i2 not to be restricted to the exact details of this for the reception of the bow hinge securing pins disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be 20.

understood from an illustrative, rather than a It will be understood that the frame i4 may be 35 rectrictive standpoint. made of precious or semi-precious metal and The inventive idea involved is capable of reform a contrast with the rims i0 thus enhancing ceiving a variety of mechanical expressions, one the appearance of the spectacle frame, at the of which, for the purpose of illustration, isshown same time reinforcing the said rims and pro- 40 in the accompanying drawing, in which viding solid metallic bearingsfor the various 40 Figure 1 is a front view at a somewhat ensecuring pins or rivets. larged scale of a pa 0 Spectacles embodying From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have my invention: provided a unique and novel frame structure for Fig. 2 is a top plan view theraof; spectacles which will greatly improve the ap- Fig. 3 is an nlar d frasm nt l s t n l v pearance of the spectacles and will reinforce the 45 taken on line 3-3 Fig. 1; rim portions thereof.

4 is a from View of pair 01 Spectacles Having described my invention, what I claim made in accordance with my invention, the Said as new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Sp c being Provided with substantiliuy A spectacle framecomprislng a pair of nonoctagonal rims, a metallic rims, each rim having its front face 50 Fig. 5 is a front view of a circular spectacle formed th grqove extending circumierew rim adapted to receive my improved metal tially about the rimin spaced relation to inner frame. and outer marginal edges thereof and a recess Referring 0W t e a n in detail. n 1- in its outer end portion leading from the groove,

dicate th Spectacle rims which y be 1 any a continuous metal reinforcing ring seated in the 55 groove 0! each rim and having their inner end portions provided with rearwardly extending pins passing-through the rim from the bottom of the groove, a tongue extending from the outer end of each ring and countersunk in the recess of the rim, 9, bridge extending between said rims and havin: its ends joined to the rings in close proximity to said pins. and hinge members for bows having forks straddling the outer end portions of the rims and secured by pins passin: through the rims and the tongues of the rings.

MOSES H.- HARRIS. 

